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2017 Disaster Case Management (DCM) Funding Opportunity

Volunteer Florida is pleased to invite funding proposals for the provision of disaster case management services to support recovery from the 2017 Hurricane Irma (DR-4337-FL). Total funding available for this RFP is approximately $27,154,577.

Purpose of RFP
The purpose of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit proposals from qualified service providers wishing to contract with Volunteer Florida to provide Disaster Case Management Services for the 2017 Hurricane Irma (DR-4337-FL). The RFP process is intended to provide Volunteer Florida with information to assist in the selection process.

Purpose of Disaster Case Management Program
Disaster Case Management (DCM) as defined in the FEMA 2017 Program Guidance is a time-limited process that involves a partnership between a case manager and a disaster survivor (also known as a “client”) to develop and carry out a Disaster Recovery Plan. This partnership provides the client with a single point of contact to facilitate access to a broad range of resources. The process involves an assessment of the client’s verified disaster-caused unmet needs, development of a goal-oriented plan that outlines the steps necessary to achieve recovery, organization and coordination of information on available resources that match the disaster-caused unmet needs, the monitoring of progress toward reaching the recovery plan goals, and when necessary, client advocacy.

Previous Grants

FY 2018 Competitive AmeriCorps Funding Opportunity

Volunteer Florida is pleased to announce the availability of grant funding under the 2018-2019 AmeriCorps competitive funding cycle.Deadline: November 16, 2017.

Each year, approximately 80,000 Americans meet critical community needs through service in AmeriCorps. With funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service that is administered by Volunteer Florida, AmeriCorps members dedicate a year of their life to intensive community service in exchange for a small living stipend and college scholarship. The experience often leads to a life enriched by volunteering and in many cases, a career in the nonprofit-sector or public service.

AmeriCorps programs address critical community needs including education, disaster services, economic opportunity, environmental stewardship, healthy futures, and veterans and military families. Sample activities include tutoring and mentoring youth, response to local disasters, restoring natural habitats, and job training/placement. AmeriCorps members also mobilize community volunteers and strengthen the capacity of the organizations where they serve.

To ensure that this funding process is carried out in a fair and equitable manner, all questions concerning the funding opportunity should be submitted to americorpsrfp@volunteerflorida.org.

AmeriCorps is a program funded by the U.S. Congress under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 94.006. The national public/private partnership supporting AmeriCorps is the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). For more information about the CNCS and national AmeriCorps programs, visit www.americorps.gov. This program is available to all, without regard to race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, political affiliation, or, in most instances, religion.

Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) 2017-2018 Request for Proposals

Contingent upon the receipt of federal funding, Volunteer Florida is pleased to announce the availability of 2017-2018 Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) grant funding. Proposals are due August 4, 2017.

Volunteer Florida’s VGF program helps organizations to more effectively recruit, manage, support and retain skills-based volunteers. Skills-based volunteering is a strategic type of volunteerism that expands the impact of community organizations by engaging professionals from all industries, matching their experience, talents and education with the needs of nonprofits.

VGF is open to public or private nonprofit organizations, including faith based and other community organizations; institutions of higher education; government entities within states or territories; labor organizations; partnerships and consortia; or Indian Tribes. The FY 2017-2018 VGF program is intended to build capacity that will result in sustainable skills-based volunteer programs. As such, organizations receiving VGF program funds for three (3) years are not eligible for FY 2017-2018 VGF funding.

Volunteer Florida requires that proposals be submitted through an on-line system called MicroEdge that can be found here.Proposals must be submitted through the MicroEdge system no later than Friday, August 4, 2017 at 5:00pm EDT. Proposals submitted after this deadline or by any other means will not be considered for funding.

Volunteer Florida Official Notice of Intent to Award

FY 2017-2018 CERT/Citizen Corps Notice of Funding Opportunity

In the anticipation of federal funding, Volunteer Florida is proud to announce the availability of FY 2017-2018 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)/Citizen Corps Program funding. Volunteer Florida will distribute a total of $300,000; in sub-grant awards of up to $10,000. Interested parties may apply for funding for a CERT program, a Citizen Corps program, or both. If seeking funding for both CERT and Citizen Corps, a separate application must be submitted for each. Each sub-grant application may request up to $10,000.

Volunteer Florida administers Florida’s CERT/Citizen Corps program funding in partnership with the Florida Division of Emergency Management (DEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). CERT/Citizen Corps is a training program that prepares Floridians to help their families and neighbors in the event of a disaster in their community.

The Citizen Corps program was created to coordinate volunteer activities that will make local communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to any emergency situation. Citizen Corps Councils focus on emergency planning and education that will enhance community post-disaster resiliency.

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program is a training program that allows citizens to receive training in basic disaster response skills which allow these volunteers to provide critical support, giving immediate assistance to victims before emergency first responders arrive on scene.

Eligible applicants include local units of government, counties and cities within the State of Florida, Fire Tax Districts, other tax districts, regional planning councils, state-supported community colleges, colleges and universities, and federally recognized tribes, or nations within the State of Florida. Although 501(c)3 non-profit organizations are not directly eligible, local jurisdictions can subcontract with 501(c)3 organizations to perform these functions.

Volunteer Florida 2017-2018 Funding Opportunity For Rural Communities

Volunteer Florida’s Rural Community Assets Fund (RCAF) allows grantees to recruit, equip and mobilize volunteers in eligible rural areas across the state to address the acute educational needs of underserved children and youth in early childhood education settings and within the K-12 education system. RCAF is open to any community or faith-based organization that maintains 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, or government entity in Florida.

Volunteer Florida will distribute a total of $100,000 through the Rural Community Assets Fund. Respondents may request between $5,000 and $10,000 and must provide a 25% cash or in-kind match.

Grantees will receive funding as well as training and support for their participation in the FY2017-2018 RCAF program.

Proposals are due by 5:00 PM EST on Wednesday, June 21, 2017.

To Apply

The full proposal package includes the following documents:

Download the Rural Community Assets Fund Request for Proposals here. Note: Additional rural counties in Florida are eligible for RCAF funding this year.

Volunteer Florida is pleased to announce the availability of Florida Disaster Fund grant funding. Proposals are due by June 9, 2017.

The Florida Disaster Fund, which is administered by the Volunteer Florida Foundation, is the state’s private official fund established to assist Florida’s communities as they respond to and recover from emergency or disaster. In partnership with the public sector, private sector and other non-governmental organizations, the Florida Disaster Fund supports response and recovery activities. Established in 2004, the Florida Disaster Fund has received almost $27 million in private contributions and allocated funding to more than 300 nonprofit organizations working on response and recovery across Florida’s disaster-impacted communities.

The Volunteer Florida Foundation has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for nonprofits, service organizations, and faith-based organizations to meet disaster recovery needs resulting from Hurricane Matthew in 2016. The total funding available for this RFP is $100,000. Grants will range from $10,000 to $25,000.

Eligible applicants must be a long-term recovery, faith-based or community organization that maintains a 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and participates in an existing or developing long-term recovery committee or organization. Additional eligibility requirements can be found within the RFP.

Volunteer Florida’s Rural Community Assets Fund Mini-Grant will allow grantees to recruit, equip and mobilize volunteers in eligible rural areas across the state to address the acute educational needs of underserved children and youth in early childhood education settings or within the K-12 education system. RCAF is open to any community or faith-based organization that maintains 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, or a government entity in Florida.

Volunteer Florida is pleased to announce a notice of funding opportunity that will help students in Florida’s rural communities get on track to graduate high school and pursue higher education. The Rural Community Assets Fund (RCAF) will provide grantees with capacity building support so that they can use volunteers in service to students.

Volunteer Florida’s RCAF will strengthen community organizations’ volunteer programs by providing funding to applicants focusing on college preparation and on-time graduation. Applicants will focus on:

Advising: Career exploration and planning, professional development, range of post-secondary options

Volunteer Florida’s Rural Community Assets Fund will allow grantees to recruit, equip and mobilize volunteers in eligible rural areas across the state to address the acute educational needs of underserved children and youth within the K-12 education system. RCAF is open to any community or faith-based organization that maintains 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, or a government entity in Florida. The applicant must be an organization that provides educational programming to students for at least one level of the K-12 education system in an eligible rural area.

Please click here for a recording of the Rural Community Assets Technical Assistance Call.

To ensure that this funding process is carried out in a fair and equitable manner, all questions concerning the application should be submitted to RCAF@volunteerflorida.org.

FY 2017 Competitive AmeriCorps Funding Opportunity

Volunteer Florida is pleased to announce the availability of grant funding under the 2017-2018 AmeriCorps competitive funding cycle.Deadline: November 28, 2016.

Each year, approximately 80,000 Americans across our nation meet critical community needs through service in AmeriCorps. With funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service that is administered by Volunteer Florida, AmeriCorps members dedicate a year of their life to intensive community service in exchange for a small living stipend and college scholarship. The experience often leads to a life enriched by volunteering and in many cases, a career in the nonprofit-sector or public service.

AmeriCorps programs address critical community needs including education, disaster services, economic opportunity, environmental stewardship, healthy futures, and veterans and military families. Sample activities include tutoring and mentoring youth, response to local disasters, restoring natural habitats, and job training/placement. AmeriCorps members also mobilize community volunteers and strengthen the capacity of the organizations where they serve.Technical Assistance:

To ensure that this funding process is carried out in a fair and equitable manner, all questions concerning the funding opportunity should be submitted to americorpsrfp@volunteerflorida.org.

AmeriCorps is a program funded by the U.S. Congress under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 94.006. The national public/private partnership supporting AmeriCorps is the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). For more information about the CNCS and national AmeriCorps programs, visit www.americorps.gov. This program is available to all, without regard to race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, political affiliation, or, in most instances, religion.

FY 2016 Formula AmeriCorps Funding Opportunity

Volunteer Florida is pleased to announce the availability of 2016-2017 AmeriCorps grant funding (Formula Funding Cycle). Proposals are due April 7, 2016.

Each year, 80,000 Americans across our nation meet critical community needs through service in AmeriCorps. With funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service that is administered by Volunteer Florida, AmeriCorps members dedicate a year of their life to intensive community service in exchange for a small living stipend and college scholarship. The experience often leads to a life enriched by volunteering and in many cases, a career in the nonprofit-sector or public service.

AmeriCorps programs address critical community needs including education, disaster services, economic opportunity, environmental stewardship, healthy futures, and veterans & military families. Sample activities include tutoring and mentoring youth, response to local disasters, restoring natural habitats, respite care to seniors and job training/placement. AmeriCorps members also mobilize community volunteers and strengthen the capacity of the organizations where they serve.

To ensure that this funding process is carried out in a fair and equitable manner, all questions concerning the RFP should be submitted to americorpsrfp@volunteerflorida.org.

AmeriCorps is a program funded by the U.S. Congress under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 94.006. The national public/private partnership supporting AmeriCorps is the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). For more information about the CNCS and national AmeriCorps programs, visit www.americorps.gov. This program is available to all, without regard to race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, political affiliation, or, in most instances, religion.

Volunteer Florida is pleased to announce the availability of 2016-2017 Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) grant funding. Proposals are due August 22, 2016.

Volunteer Florida’s Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) program helps organizations to more effectively recruit, manage, support and retain skills-based volunteers. Skills-based volunteering is a strategic type of volunteerism that expands the impact of community organizations by engaging professionals from all industries, matching their experience, talents and education with the needs of nonprofits.

VGF is open to any community or faith-based organization that maintains 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, or a government entity in Florida. The applicant must be an organization that mobilizes people and resources to deliver creative solutions to community problems. VGF funding is provided by the Corporation for National and Community Service, Volunteer Florida’s federal partner.

To Apply
Volunteer Florida uses an on-line application system that can be found here.
Proposals must be submitted electronically by 5:00 p.m. EST on August 22, 2016.

Volunteer Florida is pleased to announce the availability of 2016-2017 Citizen Corps/CERT grant funding. Proposals are due July 29, 2016.

After September 11, 2001, America witnessed a wellspring of selflessness and heroism. People in every corner of the country asked, “What can I do?” and “How can I help?” Citizen Corps was created to help all Americans answer these questions through public education and outreach, training, and volunteer service.

These Councils build on community strengths to implement the Citizen Corps programs and will carry out a local strategy to have every American participate. This strategy includes public education and outreach, training, and volunteer programs and activities, including the A principal Citizen Corps Program – The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program.

CERT is a training program that prepares people to help themselves, their families and their neighbors in the event of a disaster in their community. Through CERT, citizens can learn about disaster preparedness and receive training in basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, and disaster medical operations. With this training, volunteers can provide critical support by giving immediate assistance to victims before emergency first responders arrive on scene. CERT volunteers also support the community year-round by participating in community preparedness outreach activities and distributing materials on disaster preparedness and education.